All Saints (album)

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All Saints is the self-titled debut album of quartet All Saints. This album established themselves as one of the most successful and bestselling girl groups ranking second to Spice Girls in the United Kingdom and Europe.

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About

All Saints was released on November 24, 1997 by London Records. The pop-soul-genre album released its first single, "I Know Where It's At" peaking at number thirty-six in the Billboard Hot 100. The first single was not as successful as its second single "Never Ever" that stormed up the charts peaking at fourth spot in the Billboard Hot 100 on 1998.

The second single established the quarter All Saints as one of the most successful girl band, though it never reached the number one spot, their success was mainly due to the longevity in sales. Where on 1998, the single won the Brit Award for the best single and best video categories.

Making their album a good flavor of number one's, the third single to be released was "Under the Bridge" and "Lady Marmalade". The single became their second number-one in the UK and later went on to be certified Gold in both United Kingdom and Australia. Bootie Call was the fourth released on August 31, 1998 making it their third number one album in the United Kingdom. Subsequently, "War of Nerves" was released and charted respectfull at number seven in U.K.

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Tracks

Track	Title	Duration
1	Never Ever	6:24
2	Bootie Call	3:35
3	I Know Where It's At	5:13
4	Under the Bridge	4:58
5	Heaven	4:54
6	Alone	3:30
7	Let's Get Started	4:19
8	Trapped	4:40
9	Beg	3:59
10	Lady Marmalade	4:16
11	Take the Key	4:13
12	War of Nerves	5:23
13	Never Ever (All Star mix)	5:12

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Awards & Certifications

Awards

Year	Award	Category
1998	Brit Awards	Best Single and Best Video for "Never Ever"

Certifications

Year	Album	Certification	Country
1997	All Saints	Certified 5x Platinum	United Kingdom
		Certified Platinum	Switzerland
		Certified Gold	Netherlands
		Certified 3x Platinum	Canada
		Certified Platinum	United States

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Chart Toppers

Year	Title	Billboard Hot 100
1998	I Know Where It's At	36
1998	Never Ever	4

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Credits

Performance Credits

Natalie Appleton Primary Artist

Nicole Appleton Primary Artist

Melanie Blatt Primary Artist

Shaznay Lewis Primary Artist

John Benson Keyboards, Mixing

Cyril McCammon Keyboards

Sean Cox Keyboard Programming

Jim Abbiss Mixing

Ruadhri Cushnan Engineer, Mixing

Technical Credits

Johnny Douglas Producer

Sean Ellis Photography

Marcellus Fernandes Engineer

Magnus Fiennes Producer

Niven Garland Engineer, Mixing

Karen Gibbs Producer

Karl Gordon Keyboards, Producer, Drum Programming

Neville Henry Producer

Nellee Hooper Producer, Mixing

Cameron McVey Producer

Mystro Producer

Rickidy Raw Producer

Stuart Spalding Design

Lee Swillingham Design

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Trivia

The CD was re-released with a new tracklist after the success of "Never Ever" with the Nice Hat Remix was replaced by the All Star Remix of "Never Ever", "Let's Get Started" renamed to "If You Want To Party (I Found Lovin')" and "Beg" and "Trapped" were re-edited and re-mastered.